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2 days ago

State of AI in financial services; Ethereum’s coming ‘Merge’ could make or break crypto; The evolution of financial services building blocks;

In this edition: 1️⃣ Coinbase racks up $1.1bn loss as crypto trading volumes slum 2️⃣ Top 100 Public Companies Investing in Blockchain & Crypto Companies 3️⃣ State of AI in Financial Services 4️⃣ Use of specialized software by business size 5️⃣ DEX performed better than CEX 6️⃣ ‘Dangerous’ precedent: crypto execs slam arrest…

Defi

19 min read

State of AI in financial services; Ethereum’s coming ‘Merge’ could make or break crypto; The…
State of AI in financial services; Ethereum’s coming ‘Merge’ could make or break crypto; The…

Aug 10

Open Source Is Finally Coming to Financial Services; There’s a huge misconception that DeFi — failed; FinTech in Web3;

In this edition: 1️⃣ The future of stablecoins is commercial bank money 2️⃣ Paytm’s Quarterly Loss Widens Almost 70% on Costs 3️⃣ There’s a huge misconception that DeFi — failed. It didn’t — it worked great! 4️⃣ Big Crypto’s free-for-all 5️⃣ Most impactful AI use cases 6️⃣ SEC crypto clampdown puts digital asset…

Fintech

15 min read

Open Source Is Finally Coming to Financial Services; There’s a huge misconception that DeFi —…
Open Source Is Finally Coming to Financial Services; There’s a huge misconception that DeFi —…

Aug 3

Four critical actions ensure finance AI success; DeFi lender moves to tokenize real-world loans on-chain; Why tokenize real estate;

In this edition: 1️⃣ Sequoia Capital enters Pakistan’s startup economy by backing fintech 2️⃣ Four critical actions ensure finance AI success 3️⃣ Why consumers will accept financial products from nonbanks 4️⃣ Why AI Customer Journeys Need More Friction 5️⃣ Why tokenize real estate 6️⃣ Crypto venture investment firm Variant has raised $450 million …

AI

17 min read

Four critical actions ensure finance AI success; DeFi lender moves to tokenize real-world loans…
Four critical actions ensure finance AI success; DeFi lender moves to tokenize real-world loans…

Jul 27

Three arrows creditors include crypto giants; UK fintech investments up 24%; Consumers’ desire for a super app;

In this edition: 1️⃣ charles raises $20M to bring conversational commerce to WhatsApp in Europe 2️⃣ Three arrows creditors include crypto giants 3️⃣ The 10 Biggest Fintech Companies In America In 2022 4️⃣ Fraud is fraud but it isn’t something new either in the crypto world or on wall street 5️⃣ UK Treasury…

Super App

16 min read

Three arrows creditors include crypto giants; UK fintech investments up 24%; Consumers’ desire for…
Three arrows creditors include crypto giants; UK fintech investments up 24%; Consumers’ desire for…

Jul 20

Use case of NFTs in commercial real estate; UK court gives OK to sue on Blockchain; Growth drivers of embedded finance;

In this edition: 1️⃣ In Defense of Pay-as-You-Go 2️⃣ Use case of NFTs in commercial real estate 3️⃣ Disruptive value propositions for the SMBs 4️⃣ UK court gives OK to sue on Blockchain 5️⃣ Growth drivers of embedded finance 6️⃣ Goldman Sachs plans to slow hiring and reinstate annual performance reviews 7️⃣ Another…

Embedded Finance

13 min read

Use case of NFTs in commercial real estate; UK court gives OK to sue on Blockchain; Growth drivers…
Use case of NFTs in commercial real estate; UK court gives OK to sue on Blockchain; Growth drivers…

Jul 13

Enabling super apps; Trends and the future of embedded finance; A taxonomy of different types of DAOs;

In this edition: 1️⃣ How close is a Meta Pay to becoming a wallet of metaverse? 2️⃣ Borrower bails out its lender? 3️⃣ Whither Britain’s crypto masterplan? 4️⃣ A taxonomy of different types of DAOs 5️⃣ Emerging presence of big tech in financial services 6️⃣ Enabling super apps 7️⃣ Trends and the future…

Embedded Finance

15 min read

Enabling super apps; Trends and the future of embedded finance; A taxonomy of different types of…
Enabling super apps; Trends and the future of embedded finance; A taxonomy of different types of…

Jul 6

EU to require exchanges to identify most crypto transactions; Can crypto contagion infect mainstream finance?; Klarna from $45 billion to $6.5 billion

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Fintech

10 min read

EU to require exchanges to identify most crypto transactions; Can crypto contagion infect…
EU to require exchanges to identify most crypto transactions; Can crypto contagion infect…

Jun 29

What happened to neobanks?; Cryptocurrency fallout delivers sharp kick to decentralised finance dreams; Distinguishing DeFi;

In this edition: 1️⃣ What happened to neobanks? 2️⃣ Cryptocurrency fallout delivers sharp kick to decentralised finance dreams 3️⃣ Crypto crash survivors could become tomorrow’s amazons, BOE says 4️⃣ Meta Pay is here finally 5️⃣ CBDCs, not crypto, will be cornerstone of future monetary system, BIS says 6️⃣ Latin America’s crypto conquest is…

Defi

13 min read

What happened to neobanks?;
What happened to neobanks?;

Jun 22

Brex says bye to SMBs; APIs enable embedded finance opportunities; Crypto exchanges slash jobs as market turmoil triggers trading downturn;

In this edition: SEC opens investigation into insider trading on crypto exchanges APIs enable embedded finance opportunities Celsius appoints Citigroup to advise on possible solutions after withdrawal freeze Banks investing in crypto Brex says bye to SMBs Crypto exchanges slash jobs as market turmoil triggers trading downturn Crypto industry braced for fallout after…

Embedded Finance

14 min read

Brex says bye to SMBs; APIs enable embedded finance opportunities; Crypto exchanges slash jobs as…
Brex says bye to SMBs; APIs enable embedded finance opportunities; Crypto exchanges slash jobs as…

Jun 15

Is the metaverse payments’ next frontier?; API-enabled fintech products; Why did Bitcoin crash?;

In this edition: Crypto securities Apple goes into lending independently of banks Payvidors, unbundled: opportunities in healthcare fintech The new financial services industry emerging API-enabled fintech products Adoption of cryptocurrency and the importance of compliance Is the metaverse payments’ next frontier? Into the Chinaverse Is Everything in Crypto a Scam? Why did Bitcoin…

Fintech

16 min read

Is the metaverse payments’ next frontier?; API-enabled fintech products; Why did Bitcoin crash?;
Is the metaverse payments’ next frontier?; API-enabled fintech products; Why did Bitcoin crash?;
Sam Boboev

Sam Boboev

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